What Are We Living For? Practical Philosophy. Vol. 2. The Logics By Chauncey D. Leake (review)

and suffering, and tax dollars are to help, such help should not be conditional on anatomy: on the kidney as opposed to the liver, the spleen, the bone marrow, the intestine, or some other part of the body! Despite a few shortcomings, this book is a "must" for every young physician and surgeon who is involved with the trial of new procedures in the environment of the modern teaching hospital. Francis D. Moore, M.D. Mitchell Goldman, M.D. Christopher Gates, M.D. Department of Surgery Harvard Medical School What Are We Living For? Practical Philosophy. Vol. 2. The Logics. By Chauncey D. Leake. Westbury, N.Y.: PJD Publications, 1974. Pp. 202. $7.00. The author is a statesman of science, medical scientist, historian, teacher, administrator, writer of prose and verse, and philosopher. This book is the second of a trilogy of "Practical Philosophy." Volume 1 is on ethics, and the one to follow will be on esthetics. The book includes a historical survey on the logics: deductive and inductive logic, the logic of science, the use of analogy in reasoning, the logic of probability , of mathematics, of computer science, and of communication theory. The author does not focus on formal systems of logic but offers some insights into their nature. The author develops his concept that sequential reasoning is an innate logic. It seems to me that this provocative idea can be extended to the natural orderliness of space, mass, or any other parameter of existence. It seems, too, that the logic of sequential reasoning is an aspect of other forms of logic. It will not surprise friends, students, and admirers of Chauncey Leake that he does not write a book according to conventional forms of organization and composition. He writes as Chauncey Leake thinks and teaches. He free associates and intersperses recollections and bits of wisdom from his many interests and experiences. Readers who do not know him may be critical of this unusual style, but those who have the privilege of knowing Chauncey Leake will be grateful that the editor preserved the style of this great teacher. DwightJ. Ingle Professor Emeritus University of Chicago Perspectives in Biology and Medicine · Spring 1975 I 429 ...